4.3 magnitude earthquake hit the the Andaman Islands in the wee hours of Tuesday. It occurs at 1:03 am in the Andaman Islands Region. There were no immediate reports of loss of life or property. However, it was not so powerful as to merit a tsunami warning. The Andaman and Nicobar archipelago falls under a…
The central government plans to invest Rs 15,000 crore for various developmental projects in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, announced on Saturday. Nitin Gadkari , Road Transport and Highways Minister announced that out of this, projects worth Rs 10,000 crore have already commenced. The announcement came after Gadkari and Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday laid…
The Indian Meteorological Department said, within a span of less than two hours two medium-intensity earthquakes hit the Andaman and Nicobar on Sunday. According to the National Centre for Seismology, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman Islands at 6.19 pm, followed by another at 8:05 pm. The…
On Wednesday a large number of Port Blair residents protecting against frequent power cuts in Island. At the Raj Niwas, the seat of power of lieutenant governor of the Andaman and Nicobar administration turned into a battle ground. At station house protesters starts stone pelting then police uses to lathicharge and Aberdeen a station house…
Andaman island, which honed ideological might of BJP chief Amit Shah’s inspiration Veer Savarkar, will host a brainstorm to find a roadmap for New India envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is getting 30-odd young professionals, who hold no allegiance to the party, to discuss issues central to the idea. Incidentally, the original…
MV Akbar 45 years old iconic passenger ship is decommissioned by the Andaman and Nicobar Administration. Since two years due to regular machinery breakdowns the ship has been non-serviceable. As per the officials, the spares for the major and auxiliary machineries of the vintage ship have become obsolete in markets forcing the Andaman Administration to…
On July 15, The ITT PANTHER left kolkata sailing near the islands when it began to sink. The vessel was going to Port Blair. Soon weather condition becomes bad, strong monsoon winds and waves as high as four to five meters. The situation become critical when the vessel started tilting dangerously because of the shifting…
5.4 magnitude quake on the Richter Scale hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday night, reported United States Geological Survey (USGS) which is considered to be strong. There is no loss of life, injuries or property has been reported as of now. The quake hit 162 kilometres south-west of Port Blair, the capital of the…
The monsoon is all set to make a timely arrival by May 15 over the Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Sea. The Southwest monsoon makes its mark first over the islands after which, under normal conditions, it takes about a fortnight to travel and cross over to hit the Indian mainland over the Kerala coast…
Due to depression currently centred 300km south-southwest of Port Blair, about 1400 tourist are stranded in Havelock and Neil Island. From Past 24 hours it has been raining heavily making sea rough and wild. The navy which has started evacuation operation has been stopped for now since sea is too rough and the naval ships…
The Indian Navy has deployed four ships to evacuate as many as 800 tourists stranded at Andaman and Nicobar’s Havelock Island due to torrential rains. “Civil administration requested the Indian Navy to assist them in evacuating 800 tourists stranded due to torrential rains and rough sea,” said a statement from the Indian Navy. Four Indian…
